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imagine being a historian in the future trying to make sense of the characters in the right wing blogosphere lol

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David J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 15h

Trump has cut legal immigration from majority-Muslim countries by 96% from 21,096 legal immigrants and refugees in Dec. 2024 to 808 in Feb. 2026. Far more severe than anything in his 1st term, falling disproportionately on spouses of US citizens and skilled immigrants... www.cato.org/blog/legal-i...

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 6h

Even America.gov agrees: Donald Trump drove up your gas prices.

In one Word, did Donald Trump's war in Iran drive up gas and diesel prices for Americans?

America.gov: yes

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Micah @rincewind.run · 9h

"irreparable harm" is donald trump getting his feelings hurt over being told no and not people being deported to countries they have no ties to with no resources and no support system

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 9h

Important loss for Trump in the bogus IRS tax settlement case. 11th Circuit declines to stay Judge Williams's order. Absent SCOTUS review, it will now return to Williams to assess penalties for contempt and sanctions.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8h

As someone else noted (sorry, can’t find it now) it really feels like there was a coordinated campaign to boost Schmitt today, with the Axios piece floating him as Vance’s VP setting up his big gotcha attempt at the hearing. They just ignored the fuckup and moved to stage three congratulating him.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11h

TILLIS: can the classified documents case be brought again in the future? JACK: we dismissed it without prejudice YESSSSS

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 11h

Sen. Booker: “This is an 8-year attempt to lie to the American people, and this is their closing argument, everybody. Right before an election, this is what they want to spend their time on, perpetrating a lie. This committee’s Republicans are more concerned with Trump than the truth.”

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 11h

Donald Trump incited a violent insurrection to reject the peaceful transfer of power & deny the people's will. He never should have been able to run again. GOP senators condemning Jack Smith for conducting a fact-based investigation as politics & worse are engaged in treachery of the worst order.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11h

Darline Nordone (Graham) is an idiot. Gaslighting cooze using her late brother’s name to gain sympathy. I have no sympathy. She’s lying about the law. JACK: “Your brother was a patriot and would have likely been a witness in our case.”

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 11h

To Gov: can you name a case anywhere where mandamus entered to prevent an investigation into contempt from going forward? A: no Gov Argument is some judges said order not clear so must for that reason alone be “clear and indisputable “ ( mandamus standard) that the Boasberg order was ambiguous.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11h

Schiff is up. Apologizes to Jack Smith. “My colleagues have attacked you, but NONE of them have tried to deny what happened on January 6th. They attack you because they don’t want to address the facts. The Barr DoJ sought toll records without a peep from my colleagues.” 1/

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Law Dork @lawdorknews.bsky.social · 11h

Thread from @chrisgeidner.bsky.social on today's rare en banc D.C. Circuit arguments over Judge Boasberg's effort to consider whether Trump admin officials should be held in contempt for their Alien Enemies Act flight actions in March 2025. It did not go well for the DOJ lawyer. —>

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

wow -- Darline Graham cuts off Jack Smith just as Smith start explaining how her brother Lindsey in fact denounced Trump's lies about the 2020 election on the Senate floor

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11h

The validity of laws like this have been debated for decades. Now, we’re going to finally see whether they withstand federal court challenges.

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 11h

Every time I see Ted Cruz trying to use a Senate hearing to prosecute a witness, I’m reminded that he still uses all the tricks of being a policy debater to try box in his opponent—and those tricks are explicitly designed to show off rhetorical fluency as a substitute for fact-finding.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 11h

Thom Tillis suggests the 8647 investigation is not a good use of time. "I also think if you look at some of the facts, the facts are what they are. Who precisely was responsible for every member of the US Senate to be in this building while thugs injured police officers."

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 12h

I'm positive that if a Democrat mixed up the Atlanta Hawks and the Iowa Hawkeyes we'd never hear the end of how they're lame and un-American for not knowing anything about sports.

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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12h

Republicans don’t care about the people who beat Capitol police and threatened officials on January 6. They only care about their toll records. Even though none of them were charged. Why a bunch of assholes.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

CRUZ: Do you have any evidence whatsoever to believe that I and 20% of Republicans in the Senate will engage in destruction or tampering with evidence or intimidation of potential witnesses? JACK SMITH: No. We had powerful evidence that Donald Trump and his associates would

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 12h

The principled Senator from Texas is up www.c-span.org/event/senate...

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 12h

The 50 other men in the group chat that just stood by while their friends raped someone should also be named and shamed, by the way.

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 12h

This is so important. They’ve broken the economic models that fund journalism is because they recognize the *purpose* of journalism threatens their bullshit-based valuations, ie, the sources of their wealth and power. Yet actual-existing journalists were instead crucial for creating their myths.

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Crabby Puppy @crabbypuppies.bsky.social · 11h

When will elected officials be held accountable for lying in these settings? They put witnesses under oath, it's time the senators and reps be held to the same standard as the witness. 'Truth in governance' please.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 12h

okay guys, we need to brainstorm a way to look on top of closets and bunk beds.

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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 12h

Jack Smith: “it’s inconceivable to me how you can pardon people who beat police officers… and then vilify the officers”

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Harry Litman @harrylitman.bsky.social · 12h

Gist of government position is that the “best reading “ of the TRO is that it ordered only that the prisoners not be taken out of the country,when they already were so no violation of order. Requires ignoring oral order + other evidence that Boasberg’s order was they not be delivered to El Salvador

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 12h

Senator Darline Graham, sister of the late Lindsey Graham, is up. www.c-span.org/event/senate...

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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 12h

A phenomenal moment in the Senate. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., claims he has evidence Jack Smith went to a HAWKS game in Atlanta. Smith denies it. Schmitt declares he has busted Jack Smith for perjury. Smith, vexed, says he went to HAWKEYES game in Maryland. WATCH IN FULL, UNINTERRUPTED

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Missing The Point @missingthept.bsky.social · 12h

Narrator: “The FBI in fact did not know how to find them.”

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 12h

I was distressed to learn while writing this piece that the 2018 midterms were 8 years ago.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 12h

I think I'm getting the hang of this.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 12h

Injured Yankees captain Aaron Judge was left off New York’s roster for its AL Wild Card Series against the Boston Red Sox starting Tuesday night.

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Aaron Judge left off Yankees' Wild Card Series roster vs Red Sox with calf injury

Injured Yankees captain Aaron Judge was left off New York’s roster for its AL Wild Card Series against the Boston Red Sox.

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AlpenglowDreams @alpenglowdreams.bsky.social · 14h

The fact that trump managed to evade justice due to having the resources to delay his day in court mixed with Garland’s incompetence will haunt this country for decades

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 12h

Schmitt concocts an elaborate conspiracy all based on the premise that Smith must’ve been in ATL on a certain date because he was at a “Hawks” game that day but it wasn’t the Atlanta Hawks it was the Iowa Hawkeyes. His big gotcha moment made him look like a complete fool. bsky.app/profile/atru...

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 12h

If I was the staffer who screwed that up so badly for my boss I would just resign in shame right on the spot.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 22h

"With the current backlog, an Indian H-1B worker isn’t likely to get their green card for 179 years, Charles Kuck, former president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, told me."

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Trump to Foreign Students: F*ck Off

Trump promised green cards for “the best and brightest”—but he’s making legal immigration a gauntlet of red tape, fees, and threats.

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UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · 19h

Today marks the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Babyn Yar—one of last century’s most painful tragedies. In 1941, the Nazi regime began mass executions of civilians in Kyiv, murdering over 100,000 Jews, Ukrainians, and Roma. Never forget this heinous crime so that new ones don’t happen🕯️🧵

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 19h

Oh. Separately, I discover Andrew DeFilippis--the prosecutor who left in a very suspicious hurry during the Durham case while witnesses were making allegations of abuse--got made partner at S&W for his participation in the Adani bribery bribe bribe bribe.

A Sullivan & Cromwell page for Andrew DeFilippis.

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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 19h

Daily Reminder: SOCIAL SECURITY IS OUR MONEY!

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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The frickin’ non-existent Election-Time-Caravans. Sad.

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The world might look very different right now if Judge Boasberg had been able to hold contempt proceedings in 2025 & the administration had been held accountable. Instead, emboldened by his success, Trump continues to treat the courts like a game to be played. joycevance.substack.com/p/consequenc...

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Consequences

Last Thursday, the White House, almost as soon as Judge Kelly entered his order forcing the administration to restore access to CNN, MSNOW, and Politico, began searching for play in the joints.

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Adam Hoffman was convicted of raping his friend's young son. He should be in jail, but Paxton used his power to get him on a misdemeanor. That means he only served for 60 days, didn't have to register as a sex offender in Texas, and then left the state.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Let’s be honest, we all want to drop that Debbie Downer friend who says things like “we should really study for the exam” or “that sounds kinda unconstitutional.”

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When I read about the White House airing campaign ads with taxpayer money, I immediately thought about an exhibition I saw last year in NYC about how Mussolini and his regime went about not only controlling the government but every aspect of Italian society. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/me-me-me

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Me Me Me

The White House airs Trump campaign ads paid by you

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Shit. When you've lost Kurt Olsen...

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